Research

We seek to find new ways of addressing social awareness and understanding of the civil nuclear industry by uniting the nuclear sciences with a range of disciplines, including anthropology, organisation and business, law, history, and science and technology studies. We believe that grasping current preoccupations and debates in the industry may allow us to develop new insights into issues such as nuclear new build, the development of new technologies and the provision of geological disposal facilities. Read more.

Led by The University of Manchester, this project considers Sellafield’s possible end states.

The universities of Manchester and Lancaster lead this pilot study exploring issues of community wellbeing and vulnerability in the face of decommissioning.

University of Manchester led research into the role of stakeholder communication and framing in project management to enable sustainability and social value.

A collaboration between The University of Manchester and National Nuclear Laboratory, this project will design what is known as a ‘hybrid forum’.

Led by The University of Manchester, this project addresses current debates in the decommissioning of nuclear facilities and storage of nuclear waste in the UK.

Led by The University of Manchester, this project explores social and cultural processes of technological innovation in decommissioning the Sellafield nuclear site.